Viamund the Rake

The foolish, superstitious, Evangelical Neo/Theo-Conservative government are trying once again to violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (that they despise) by cloaking their language and lumping several measures into one Crime Bill. They do not call it "Age of Sexual Consent", instead they call it "Age of Protection".

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"In the last session, our Government introduced important and timely legislation to tackle violent crime. Unfortunately much of this legislation did not pass. That is not good enough to maintain the confidence of Canadians. Our Government will immediately reintroduce these measures with a single, comprehensive Tackling Violent Crime bill to protect Canadians and their communities from violent criminals and predators. This will include measures on the age of protection, impaired driving, dangerous offenders and stricter bail and mandatory prison sentences for those who commit gun crimes. Canadians expect prompt passage of this crucial legislation."

Protection from what? From sexual recreational activity? Where's the danger in that? Already we are aware in Canada that Sexuality is part of being Human. These sick Evangelical Christians believe that they can cloak their words and force an act upon the public that will have no teeth. Age of sexual consent is suddenly "protection" and single men/women who seek consensual recreational sexual pleasure are called "predators". This loaded language is part of the deception and lies used by this conservative government to dehumanize their targeted portion of the population - in this case it is youth and sexual minorities -.
There are no good victims and bad victims, all victims are the same. There is no good rape and bad rape, all rape is the same. There is no good murder and bad murder, all murder is the same. There is no good consensual sex and bad consensual sex. All consensual sex is the same and all consensual sex must be legalized.
I encourage all youth who prefer older partners and all sexually active Ephebephiles to continue to live their lives the way they always have. Remember that the first person to be charged for violating this new law - I hope it's me - will have little difficulty in getting it thrown out of our country. I intend to continue to court/date/have sex with boys who are as young as 14 years old. The Conservatives rely on lies, fear and shame in order to maintain their hold over the Canadian Public. We - who represent the light of Reason - know there is nothing wrong with being Human. Those stupid Christians think that Mankind makes the problems but that only some mythological Divine Being can solve the problems. They are so foolish as to think that this really will happen.

We must be prepared soon to do whatever is required to defend this attack upon our Charter and upon our belief system that is based on truth.

Americanization of Canada

To Defend Canada

Before you submit: Open your eyes

Be prepared to loose freedom in order to defend it

I'm ready

Truth will be our weapon and truth will always prevail.

Those who remember September 11th will recall the method of media control displayed by the Republican Neo-Conservative Party. Stephen Harper would like to extend that type of control to the Neo-Conservatives in Canada. Remember that those who support Stephen Harper are primarily superstitious, cross-burning, bible-thumping, segregationist, greedy, neo-fascist haters. It should be no surprise to any Canadian that the Conservative government is constantly being vilified in the Media as a result of thier constant backwards plans for our country.

Read all about Stephen Harper's plans to alter the free press in Canada and gain control ( the Neo-Conservative way ).

Here is a report by Tonda MacCharles

Or read it here

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Tonda MacCharles
Torstar news service

OTTAWA–The Prime Minister's Office, which has long had a rocky relationship with the national media, has been working on a secret project to build a new, government-controlled briefing room at the cost of $2 million, documents obtained by the Star show.

Long kept under wraps, the plan – codenamed the Shoe Store Project – is in the works by the Privy Council Office and the PMO to establish a new government-controlled media briefing centre near Langevin Block.

The yellow-brown building that now houses Stephen Harper and his senior staff would supplant the current National Press Theatre, just a block away.

The National Press Theatre, used by prime ministers and cabinet ministers since Lester B. Pearson opened it in 1965, is a venue with simultaneous translation where on-the-record news conferences are moderated by press gallery executive members – not Harper's political staff.

Save for one surprise visit by Harper Oct. 3 (a visit that shocked even his senior staff) the National Press Theatre has been shunned by "Canada's New Government."

Now, documents obtained by the Toronto Star under the Access to Information Act reveal that government planning for a "special project for the PM, otherwise reffered (sic) as the Shoe Store Project" has been underway since at least last year.

Civil servants were asked to investigate the possibility of renovating an old shoe store location on the Sparks Street pedestrian mall "for the possible use of the PM."

"The rental sign will stay in place for now," says one memo, written in advance of a meeting with PCO Clerk Kevin Lynch, effectively Harper's deputy minister.

One document says the "dedicated press availability facility" is part of efforts to "put in place robust physical and information security measures to protect the Prime Minister and Cabinet."

Its estimated cost: $2 million.

Since the Conservative government's relationship with national media is already fraught with tension over curtailed access to ministers and Harper, the project was clearly deemed highly sensitive.

So sensitive, in fact, Public Works and PCO staff who scheduled a "walk-through" last fall of the National Press Theatre to scout out the "functional requirements (ceiling heights, technical equipment, etc.)" were ordered at the last minute to cancel "due to concerns expressed by Communications Branch."

Small wonder. A gaggle of public works officials checking out the press theatre on the first floor of the National Press Building would likely catch the eye of reporters whose offices are in the same building across from West Block. One document obtained shows staff came up with a working list of what to put in the Shoe Store Project, including "a stage or riser; comfortable seating for 40-80 people, security at the back and front door, electronic feeds for sound, sound boards, simultaneous translation space, phone-in capacity, proper lighting for cameras (may require drapes for windows), tables for handouts, products, etc., glasses, water, flags, backdrop, photocopier, full work station/internet hook-up, printer (large-capacity) in the back for officials to use, washroom facilities."

The result would be a little fancier than the National Press Theatre and, most important, give the PMO a lot more control over who gets in and, quite possibly, what gets filmed and broadcast.

A hand-drawn sketch of the PM's renovated shoe store/press theatre indicates a space for "maybe permanently installed cameras with feeds to media."

That could put the news cameras in the hands of government-employed camera operators, not independent photojournalists employed by the television networks. It suggests the Prime Minister's communications people would send broadcast feeds to the TV networks for their use in reports, or as most politicians prefer, live-to-air broadcast.

The Harper government has had several run-ins with the national press gallery. When Harper came to power, he changed the rules governing press conferences, insisting his staff decide which journalists pose questions. It is an American practice, which Paul Martin attempted to use on the 2006 election campaign trail.

But when the Conservative government made clear it would be the new norm, the national media objected. Harper told interviewers it gave him more control, which is precisely why the press gallery for years has run press conferences, to depoliticize exchanges between the media and government. The moderator is held accountable by his or her peers for playing favourites.

The media's concern has been that the PM's staff might sideline reporters deemed unsympathetic.

The Star, Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC's English-language services still follow the practice of participating in independently moderated news conferences.

Meanwhile, many details in the Shoe Store Project documents are blacked-out or withheld for reasons related to "international affairs and defence," "security," and cabinet confidentiality.

But concept drawings and preliminary cost estimates were to be completed by last December.

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Stephen Harper and George Bush are two peas in a pod. A rotton pod that Canada is best without. They share the same backwards values. Will Canadians remain silent while the corrupt Corporations and worthless Churches erode Canadian freedoms until there are none left? Canadian citizens are aware of the contempt that the Conservative government holds towards our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Will Canadians be as stupid as the citizens of the United States? Will we become the next world joke?